Flag, pennant, and similar emblem.



F. C. WARDALL.

FLAG, PENNANT, AND SIMILAR EMBLEM.

APPHCATION FILED DEC-7,1916.

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F. C. WARDALL.

FLAG, PENNANT, AND SIMILAR EMBLEM.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 7, I9I6.

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FLAG, PENNANT, AND SIMILAR EMBLEM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Continuation in part only of application Serial No. 92,042, filed ApriI 18,1916. This application filed December 7, 1916. Serial No. 135,613.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK C. WARDALL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boone, Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flags, Pennants, and Similar Emblems, of which the following is a specification, accompanied by drawings.

This application is a continuation in part only of my application for flags, Serial No. 92,042, filed April 18, 1916.

This invention relates to metallic flags, pennants or emblems of similar character. The object of the invention is to produce such a flag or pennant which will be more durable and lasting than one made of cotton, silk, bunting or cloth of any kind. Cloth flags are of short duration when placed upon a flag pole or other support and exposed to all kinds of weather and winds. My metallic flag, which is designed to have the appearance of a cloth flag waving in the wind, will last for many years in spite of the wind, and even if the first cost should be a little more than an ordinary flag, the cost per year would be small.

The preferred forms of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a metallic flag supported on a flag pole;

Fig. 2 is a side View of the other side of the flag from that illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view partly broken away of a portion of the same side of the flag as that illustrated in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a top plan. view partly broken away of the flag;

Fig. 5 is a top 'plan view partly broken away of a modification;

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic side view of a pennant form of emblem; and

Fig. 7 is a side view of a modification of the flag.

It is essential that the frame of the flag or pennant should be strong and stiff with some flexibility, and the frame should be preferably braced as by means of struts, so that it will maintain its initial shape when standing out straight from the flag pole, for instance, and subjected to the wind. It is not necessary that the flag pole be upright, for the flag or pennant may be suspended or hung from a support at any angle desired.

Referring especially to Fig. 2, showing the reverse side of a flag, the frame A, B, C may be composed of solid or hollow rods, channels, angles, or I-beam sections and this frame may be of iron or aluminum or other suitable material. The portion A of the frame is suitably bent or curved, as indicated in the drawings, and the portions B and C are bent along sinuous or wavy lines,

so that the flag or emblem has the appear ance of waving in the wind when supported on a flag pole or other support. If the frame is made in sections, the parts are brazed or otherwise secured together, and in the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the frame could be made of three sections A, B and C. It will be observed that the general outline of the flag formed by the sections A, B and G, is triangular, in order to carry out the simulation of a rectangular flag waving in the wind.

The frame is braced by suitable transverse braces, which preferably comprise the main brace D extending in a general diagonal direction across the frame, and the crossed braces E, F and G, H which are secured to the frame in the sections formed by the dividing main brace D. The main brace D and the brace E which form the main struts are preferably of heavier material than the auxiliary braces F, G and H, and, in fact, the braces F, G and H could be made of strong wire which will give flexibility to the whole frame. The heavier main braces D and E are brazed or otherwise secured to the main frame and the lighter braces F, G and H which may be formed of wire are secured to the frame and main braces, as by wrapping the ends of the wire around the same,

this detail being shown in Fig. 3. I am not to be understood as limiting the invention to the particular form and arrangement of. braces shown in the drawings, but I have found that the design of struts indicated produces excellent results and the flag or pennant is maintained substantially in its original shape, even with hard bufieting by the winds.

The braces indicated are especially adapted to keep the frame from sagging, which is an important element of the device.

Upon the frame so constructed is suitably stretched and secured wire mesh or net J. This wire mesh or net should be of sufficiently heavy material to withstand considerable strain and the mesh may be consistance. appears to be moving or alive, as in the case of a cloth flag, and it can be left upon a flag pole day and night, if desired. It furthermore has substantially the same appearance in cloudy as well as in fair Weather.

I claim and desire to obtain by Letters Patent the following:

1. A metal flag, pennant or emblem of similar character, comprising a metallic frame forming the outline of the emblem, said frame being bent along sinuous or wavy lines to simulate movement in the wind, transverse braces secured to said frame, wire mesh fastened to the frame and braces, and symbols or characters representing the design of the emblem provided upon the wire mesh.

2. A metal flag, pennant or emblem of similar character, comprising a metallic frame forming the outline of the emblem, transverse braces secured to said frame, wire mesh fastened to the frame and braces, and symbols or characters representing the design of the emblem provided upon the wire mesh, in solid color the remaining portions of the mesh being left open to reduce wind pressure and representing the white portions of the emblem by the light passing through them.

8. A metal flag, pennant or emblem of similar character, comprising a metallic frame forming the outline of the emblem, said frame being bent along sinuous or Wavy lines to simulate movement in the wind, transvers braces secured to said frame, Wire mesh fastened to the frame and braces, and symbols or characters formed of sheet metal representing the design of the emblem secured to the wire mesh.

4. A metal flag, pennant or emblem of similar character, comprising a metallic Copies of this patent may be obtained for It is alive in the sense that it frame forming the outline of the emblem, transverse braces secured to said frame, Wire mesh fastened to the frame and braces, and colored symbols or characters formed of sheet metal representing the design of the emblem secured to the wire mesh and to the said frame and braces, the uncovered portions of the mesh being left open to reduce wind pressure and representing the white portions of the emblem by the light passing through them.

5. A metal flag, pennant or emblem of similar character, comprising a metal frame forming the outline of the emblem, said frame being bent along sinuous or Wavy lines to simulate movement in the wind, crossed braces forming struts for stiffening the frame and preventing it from losing its initial shape, wire mesh secured to said frame and braces, and symbols or characters of sheet metal cut to the desired forms to represent the design of the emblem and suitably colored, secured to said wire mesh, the portions of the mesh remaining uncovered by said sheet metal symbols remaining open to reduce wind pressure.

6. A metal flag, pennant or emblem of similar character, comprising a rigid frame, the upper portion of the frame being provided with means for attachment to a support or halyard, and the lower portion of the frame being provided with a rearwardly projecting fork adapted to cooperate with a support and maintain the emblem in proper outstanding pivotal relation thereto.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK O. WARDALL. l/Vitnesses S. L. MOORE, W. WV. GOODYKOONTZ.

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Washington. D. 0. 

